diff --git a/crates/storage/trie/encoding.rs b/crates/storage/trie/encoding.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff3dba7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/storage/trie/encoding.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/// Converts a slice of compact-encoded nibbles into a byte slice
+/// If the nibble slice has odd-length (aka the last byte will be a half byte) returns true else false
+pub fn compact_nibbles_to_bytes(compact: &[u8]) -> (Vec<u8>, bool) {
+    // Convert compact nibbles to nibbles
+    let nibbles = compact_to_hex(compact);
+    // Convert nibbles to bytes, accouning for odd number of bytes
+    let mut last_is_half = false;
+    let bytes = nibbles
+        .chunks(2)
+        .map(|chunk| match chunk.len() {
+            1 => {
+                last_is_half = true;
+                chunk[0] << 4
+            }
+            // 2
+            _ => chunk[0] << 4 | chunk[1],
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    (bytes, last_is_half)
+}
+
+// Code taken from https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/a1093d98eb3260f2abf340903c2d968b2b891c11/trie/encoding.go#L82
+fn compact_to_hex(compact: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    if compact.is_empty() {
+        return vec![];
+    }
+    let mut base = keybytes_to_hex(compact);
+    // delete terminator flag
+    if base[0] < 2 {
+        base = base[..base.len() - 1].to_vec();
+    }
+    // apply odd flag
+    let chop = 2 - (base[0] & 1) as usize;
+    base[chop..].to_vec()
+}
+
+// Code taken from https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/a1093d98eb3260f2abf340903c2d968b2b891c11/trie/encoding.go#L96
+fn keybytes_to_hex(keybytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let l = keybytes.len() * 2 + 1;
+    let mut nibbles = vec![0; l];
+    for (i, b) in keybytes.iter().enumerate() {
+        nibbles[i * 2] = b / 16;
+        nibbles[i * 2 + 1] = b % 16;
+    }
+    nibbles[l - 1] = 16;
+    nibbles
+}
diff --git a/crates/storage/trie/trie.rs b/crates/storage/trie/trie.rs
index 675702130..da498f798 100644
--- a/crates/storage/trie/trie.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/trie/trie.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod db;
+mod encoding;
 mod error;
 mod nibble;
 mod node;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ mod test_utils;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
+use encoding::compact_nibbles_to_bytes;
 use ethereum_rust_rlp::constants::RLP_NULL;
 use ethereum_types::H256;
 use node::Node;
@@ -228,23 +230,21 @@ impl Trie {
             return Ok(node.encode_raw(partial_path.offset()));
         }
         match node {
-            Node::Branch(branch_node) => {
-                match partial_path.next().map(usize::from) {
-                    Some(idx) if idx < 16 => {
-                        let child_hash = &branch_node.choices[idx];
-                        if child_hash.is_valid() {
-                            let child_node = self
-                                .state
-                                .get_node(child_hash.clone())?
-                                .expect("inconsistent internal tree structure");
-                            self.get_node_inner(child_node, partial_path, last_byte_is_half)
-                        } else {
-                            Ok(vec![])
-                        }
+            Node::Branch(branch_node) => match partial_path.next().map(usize::from) {
+                Some(idx) if idx < 16 => {
+                    let child_hash = &branch_node.choices[idx];
+                    if child_hash.is_valid() {
+                        let child_node = self
+                            .state
+                            .get_node(child_hash.clone())?
+                            .expect("inconsistent internal tree structure");
+                        self.get_node_inner(child_node, partial_path, last_byte_is_half)
+                    } else {
+                        Ok(vec![])
                     }
-                    _ => Ok(vec![]),
                 }
-            }
+                _ => Ok(vec![]),
+            },
             Node::Extension(extension_node) => {
                 if partial_path.skip_prefix(&extension_node.prefix)
                     && extension_node.child.is_valid()
@@ -285,54 +285,6 @@ impl Trie {
     }
 }
 
-/// Converts a slice of compact-encoded nibbles into a byte slice
-/// If the nibble slice has odd-length (aka the last byte will be a half byte) returns true else false
-fn compact_nibbles_to_bytes(compact: &Vec<u8>) -> (Vec<u8>, bool) {
-    // Convert compact nibbles to nibbles
-    let nibbles = compact_to_hex(compact);
-    // Convert nibbles to bytes, accouning for odd number of bytes
-    let mut last_is_half = false;
-    let bytes = nibbles
-        .chunks(2)
-        .map(|chunk| match chunk.len() {
-            1 => {
-                last_is_half = true;
-                chunk[0] << 4
-            }
-            // 2
-            _ => chunk[0] << 4 | chunk[1],
-        })
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    (bytes, last_is_half)
-}
-
-// Code taken from https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/a1093d98eb3260f2abf340903c2d968b2b891c11/trie/encoding.go#L82
-fn compact_to_hex(compact: &Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
-    if compact.is_empty() {
-        return vec![];
-    }
-    let mut base = keybytes_to_hex(compact);
-    // delete terminator flag
-    if base[0] < 2 {
-        base = base[..base.len() - 1].to_vec();
-    }
-    // apply odd flag
-    let chop = 2 - (base[0] & 1) as usize;
-    base[chop..].to_vec()
-}
-
-// Code taken from https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/a1093d98eb3260f2abf340903c2d968b2b891c11/trie/encoding.go#L96
-fn keybytes_to_hex(keybytes: &Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
-    let l = keybytes.len() * 2 + 1;
-    let mut nibbles = vec![0; l];
-    for (i, b) in keybytes.into_iter().enumerate() {
-        nibbles[i * 2] = b / 16;
-        nibbles[i * 2 + 1] = b % 16;
-    }
-    nibbles[l - 1] = 16;
-    nibbles
-}
-
 impl IntoIterator for Trie {
     type Item = Node;